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Elder abuse and user involvement: strategic components
- Author:
- SLATER Phil
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 2(2), June 2000, pp.18-28.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Recent growth of concern relating to 'elder abuse' concurrent with recognition of the importance of user involvement has suggested a link between these two developments. In this article the author argues that generalised principles cannot generate blueprints for implementation. A concrete illustration of the general arguments is offered.
Social work and elder abuse: a Foucauldian analysis
- Author:
- POWELL Jason L.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work and Society: International Online Journal, 10(1), 2012, Online only
- Publisher:
- University of Bielefeld
This paper argues that an accelerating interest in the safety and financial security of older people is central to understanding modern care policy. Specifically, it explores how a surveillance culture is being developed to stabilise community care policy at a time of considerable underlying uncertainty. The theoretical work of Michel Foucault is drawn upon to raise questions of power, of unintended consequences, and of the impact of care managerial techniques. The paper argues that the 'discovery' of elder abuse legitimates practices in which the state monitors and co-ordinates but does not intervene. This idea can be presented as ‘inspection minus intervention equals surveillance’. Social policy has transferred the financial and emotional responsibilities for care from welfare professionals to informal carers, leading to a state of uncertainty. The paper argues that, in order to provide a mechanism for formalising informal care and to legitimise a role for welfare professionals, there has been an increasing emphasis on forms of abuse perpetrated by carers on older people. The relationship between the state and older people is therefore being reduced to one of surveillance and the enforcement of an oppressive notion of what community obligation might entail.
Inspection of community care services for black and minority ethnic older people: Kirklees; 9th to 16th September 1996
- Authors:
- MURRAY Ulric, FEAN Lynda, THATCHER David
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. North East In
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 65p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Up to all the angles
- Author:
- BIGGS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.3.94, 1994, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Triangular relationships tend to be formed to create and maintain an older person in the community. The people involved are the informal carer, the older person and the helper (professional). Because of the triangular nature of the relationship different members of the triangle may collude to exclude the third person. Examines how sharing the care of an older person in this way can open the way for abuse.
Legal Clout
- Author:
- MURRAY Nicholas
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.7.93, 1993, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Law Commission proposes to set out for the first time statutory powers enabling social workers to intervene in cases of elder abuse. Looks at feelings this has evoked; for SSDs campaigning against elder abuse there is a view that there is a public myth which encourages the idea that there are no bad carers and they therefore back the powers for them to gain access; and for carers' associations there is a feeling that carers' will not be supported and that the Law Commission will make certain actions by carers illegal.
Old age abuse: lifting the lid; a West Midlands perspective
- Authors:
- AGE CONCERN, BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR SERVICE TO THE ELDERLY
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 27p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Paper stemming from a series of BASE meetings. Contains case examples of different types of elder abuse, including psychological, physical, and financial abuse. Presents a charter of rights to community care for older people. Looks at the legal perspective and suggests procedures for abuse investigation and assessment.
Older adults' emotional reactions to elder abuse: individual and victimisation determinants
- Authors:
- SANTOS Ana Joao, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 27(3), 2019, pp.609-620.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Elder abuse has been gaining public, state, and scientific attention for the past 40 years, but research focusing on emotional reactions of older adults to victimisation is still scarce. The study describes the emotions and feelings of older adults who experienced abuse in a community setting, and the association between these emotions and individual or abuse characteristics. The cross‐sectional study comprises 510 older adults who were identified and referred by four institutions. Participants answered a questionnaire on elder abuse experiences, including the emotion or feeling brought out by the act of abuse that was perceived to be the most serious. Fear and sadness comprised 67.1% of all provided responses. Emotional reactions were associated with functional status, the presence of depressive symptoms, relationship with the perpetrator and, to a limited degree, to the experience of multiple types of abuse. The most significant and meaningful variable was the relationship with the perpetrator. This study demonstrates that older adults present very similar patterns of emotional reactions, but individual characteristics and the established relationship with the perpetrator might mediate the emotional response. Implications for prevention and intervention of elder abuse are discussed.
Association of informal caregiver distress with health outcomes of community‐dwelling dementia care recipients: a systematic review
- Authors:
- STALL Nathan M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(3), 2019, pp.609-617.
- Publisher:
- Blackwells Publishing
Background: Most dementia care occurs in the community with support from informal caregivers who are often distressed. Dementia caregiver distress is known to be hazardous to the caregiver's health, but the impact on the dementia care recipient is not well known. Methods: the Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Cochrane databases were searched from inception until June 2017 for studies investigating the association of informal caregiver distress with health outcomes of community‐dwelling dementia care recipients. The search results were screened and then data abstracted, and the risk of bias was appraised independently by pairs of reviewers. Results: 81 original investigations were included (n = 43 761 caregivers and dementia care recipients). Sixty‐six studies (81.5%) were observational or cross‐sectional in design, and 47 studies (58%) had a low risk of bias. There was considerable clinical and methodological heterogeneity precluding quantitative synthesis. Dementia care recipients (n = 21 881) had a mean age of 78.2 years (SD ± 3.8 y), half (50.0%) were women, and two‐thirds (66.1%) had Alzheimer's disease. The dementia caregivers (n = 21 880) had a mean age of 62.5 years (SD ± 23.3), three‐quarters (74.1%) were women, and one‐half (50.5%) were spouses of the dementia care recipient. Twenty‐two unique dementia care recipient outcomes were studied including cognition, mood, quality of life, function, healthcare utilisation, and costs. Overall, informal caregiver distress is commonly associated with the institutionalization of the dementia care recipient, worsening behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, and experiencing elder abuse. Conclusion: Informal caregiving is a cornerstone of dementia care, and distress related to this role is associated with worsening of several dementia care recipient health outcomes. It is important that clinicians and researchers worldwide consider the broader consequences of caregiver distress. (Edited publisher abstract)
Care professionals' understanding of the new criminal offences created by the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, SAMSI Kritika
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 30(4), 2015, pp.384-392.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Objectives: Implemented in 2007, the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 codified decision-making for adults unable to make decisions for themselves in England and Wales. Among other changes, two new offences of wilful neglect and ill-treatment were created under Section 44. This study explored how the MCA was being implemented in community-based dementia care, focusing on frontline practice. Method: Using qualitative longitudinal methodology, the authors interviewed 279 practitioners, in the London and South-East area of England, two or three times over 3 years. A framework analysis to identify and delineate recurrent themes was applied. Results: Views of the new offences were positive overall, but understanding ranged from partial to non-existent among some participants. Conclusions: Clinicians may be increasingly called upon to provide advice on whether an alleged victim or perpetrator lacks decision-making capacity in cases of suspected elder abuse. They need to be aware of the new criminal offences to ensure that people with dementia, among others, are not abused and that abusers are brought to account. (Edited publisher abstract)
The impact of power differentials on the care experiences of older people
- Author:
- DOYLE Susanna
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 26(3), 2014, pp.319-332.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study explored the lived experience of a small group of older people living in South East Queensland receiving community-based care while living in their own homes. In-depth unstructured interviews were used in this interpretive hermeneutic phenomenological study to encourage participants to raise experiences that held meaning for them as individuals. Many reported a range of experiences demonstrating active power differentials between themselves as recipients of care and their carers, and impacting on their sense of independence and autonomy. The experiences described provide guidance on how care services might better address the needs of older people, from their own perspective. (Publisher abstract)